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In the twentieth century, governments murdered, as a prudent estimate, 272,000,000 men, women and children. It could be over 400,000,000.

— Rudolph Rummel The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007)

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The more democratic freedom a people have, the less severe their internal political violence.

The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007)

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking Power, i.e., through fostering democratic freedom.

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Democratic freedom is a method of nonviolence and an antidote to war.

The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007)

Where people are free, political violence is minimal.

The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007)

People should not be free only because it is good for them. They should be free because it is their right as human beings.

The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007)

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